Bottle-closure.



PATENTED NOV. 7, 1905.

0. 0. SMITH. BOTTLE CLOSURE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13. 1905.

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Ma /W bottle with a closure so proportioned and disyide a bottle with aball-valve and ball-run so the position for filling and where it iscementv ..UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES 0. SMITH, OF CAPE CHARLES, VIRGINIA.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Application filed February 13,

To all whom it may concern:-

Be itknown that I, CHARLES 0. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cape Charles, in the county of Northampton and State ofVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-inBottle-Closures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bottle-closures, and especially to that class ofbottleclosures wherein the closing is controlled automatically by aweight-actuated valve.

The object of my invention is to provide a posed that the bottle may befilled in the ordinary manner and when once filled may be emptiedconveniently and expeditiously, but cannot be refilled.

A further object of my invention is to proproportioned and disposed thatthe ball normally cooperates with the valve-seat in the ball-run toclose the bottle and is held in such position except when the bottle isinverted.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularlypointed outin the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made Within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a bottle in vertical sectionembodying my improved closure and showing the ball-valve in ed until thebottle is filled. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, showing the ball-valve cemented in the ballrace forfilling. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the ball-race, takenon line 3 3 of Fig. 1 and adjacent to the Valve-seat. Fig. 4 is atransverse sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1, showing the balland ball-race and the lug disposed in the ball-race to prevent theejection of theball from the ballrace while the contents are beingdischarged from the bottle. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of abottle embodying my bottle-closure in a form slightly different from theform shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a transverse seetional view of theball-race, taken on line 6 6 of Fig. 5 and showing the modified form.Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1. l

Specification of Letters Patent Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

1905. Serial No. 245,452.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

My improved bottle-closure may be embodied in a bottle of the usual orany desired configuration, as the bottle 1, having the usual neck 2 anddome portion 3.

In its essential features my improvement comprises a ball-race 4,following the configuration of some portion of the bottle, as the dome3, and extending entirely across and closing the neck, as at 5. Theball-race 4 is formed circular in cross-section, as shown at Figs. 3 and6, throughout the greater portion of its length, and therein is'disposeda ball-valve 6, proportioned to practically fill the ball-race and tomove freely therein. At its lower end the ball-race 4 is provided with avalve-seat 7, with which the ball-valve 6 is adapted to cooperate andclose the ball-race and bottle. At its upper end and adjacent the neckof the bottle the ball-race 4 is widened, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, toform passages 8 to permit the outflow of a fluid past the ballvalve 6.To prevent the ejection of the ball from the ball-race, a lug 9 isinterposed and may be formed to extend entirely across the ball-race, asshown in Figs. 4 and 7, or may simply extend above the surface of thediaphragm 5, closing the bottle-neck. To permit the unimpeded filling ofthe bottle, the ball-valve 6 is hreakably secured in the position shownin Figs. 1 and 2 by cementing the said ball-valve to the sides of theball-race, as shown at 10 in Fig. 2. This cementing is accomplished,preferably, by the use of a minute quantity of molten glass at the timeof manufacture.

The operation of my improved bottle-closure is as follows: With theball-valve cemented in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4 a liquidmay be introduced into the neck of the bottle and, passing through theopenings 8 and the ball-race 4, will pass into the bottle 1. WVhen thefilling has been completed, any convenient implement, as a small rod,may be passed into the neck 20f the bottle, as indicated in Fig. 1, anda slight tap upon the ball-valve 6 will disengage the ballvalve from theretaining cement at 10 and permit it to fall freely in the ball-race 4.To discharge the contents of the bottle, the bottle is inverted in theusual manner and the fluid will pass through the ball-race 4 andopenings 8, and thus out at the neck 2. When, however, pouring isdiscontinued or the bottle is emptied and set in upright position, theball-valve 6 will fall and be seated upon the valve-seat 7 and securelyclose the opening against the introduction of fluid therethrough.

As shown in the drawings, the ball-race may be formed wholly within thebottle, whereby the configuration of the bottle is not externallydifferent from a bottle not provided with my bottle-closure, or theball-race may be partly within and partly without the'bottle asindicated in Figs. 5 and 6.

While I have shown the ball-race as following the configuration of thedome of the bottle throughout its entire curvature, it is evident thatthe ball-race may be very much shorter than shownas, for instance, itmay be extended only to and the valve-seat located at line 6 6 of Fig.5and that other modifications in the form and proportion of my inventionmay be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or thescope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as novel, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A bottle provided with a passageadjacent to one side thereof, a valve-seat in said passage and a valveadapted to seat in said valve-seat removably secured to the inner wallof said passage.

2. A bottle provided with a passage communicating with the neck andfollowing the side of bottle, a valve seat disposed within the lower endof the passage, a valve within the passage, and means adjacent the upperend of the passage to prevent the valve being ejected from the passage.

3. A bottle provided with a passage communicating with the neck andfollowing the side of the bottle, a constriction in the walls of thepassage to form a valve-seat adjacent the lower end thereof, a valvewithin the passage adapted to cooperate with the valve-seat, meansadjacent the upper end of the passage adapted to prevent the ejection ofthe valve from the passage without preventing the flow of a fluid aroundthe valve when at the upper end of the passage.

4. A bottle provided with a passage circular in cross-section throughoutthe greater part of its length communicating with the neck and followingthe dome of the bottle, a constriction in said passage adapted to form avalve-seat adjacent the lower end thereof, a ball of a diameterapproximating the diametrical size of the passage, to cooperate with thevalve-seat, a lug adjacent the upper end of the passage adapted toprevent the ejection of the ball therefrom, without preventing the flowof a fluid around the ball when at the upper end.

5. A bottle provided with a passage forfilling and emptying the bottle,a valve-seat in said passage, and a valve detachably secured within thepassage and capable of being disconnected to move freely within thepassage and to cooperate with the valve-seat.

6. A bottle provided with a passage adapted for filling and emptying thebottle, a valveseat in said passage, a valve breakably secured to theinner sides of said passage and adapted when disengaged to cooperatewith the valve-seat and close the passage.

7. A bottle-closure provided with a passage circular in cross sectionthroughout the greater part of its length communicating with the neckand following the dome of the bottle and provided at its lower end witha valveseat, a ball diametrically approximating the size of the passageand breakably secured to the sides thereof adjacent the upper end andcapable upon being disengaged from the sides of the passage ofcooperating with and closing the valve-seat, and retaining meansdisposed in the upper end of the passage to prevent the ejection of theball therefrom.

8. A bottle provided with a closure breakably cemented to the walls ofthe filling-passage.

9. A bottle l closure comprising a valve breakably secured to the wallsof the fillingpassage and capable when broken away of closing thebottle.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. SMITH.

\Vitnesses:

I. N. BUSOHER, L. L. MoRRILL.

